It did not match the classic fall colors of northeastern states, but it was fall color all the same. And, by the calendar, fall lasts until almost Christmas.

Working trip: This was no sightseeing nor feasting trip. My assistance was needed in trimming the re-roofing project I helped with back in the spring and summer. We had covered the old shingle roof farmhouse with more durable tin, but left the edges visibly unfinished.

I arrived too late on the rainy Friday to get started, but early Saturday, with a film of ice on the puddles, we began covering raw edges with rot-resistant wood, to be painted later by David, my brother, who currently lives there.

Home again: Driving back Sunday via Interstate 49 and U.S. 90, the highways were crowded with scores of pickups pulling trailers loaded with three or four muddy “four-wheelers” each, clearly home bound from hunting camps.

No doubt, many of the big ice chests they also carried contained venison from perhaps their last hunts of the season. One truck had a handsome 10-point rack showing above its tailgate. A couple more had fresh-cut Christmas trees.

Elections: Voters in Terrebonne and Lafourche turn out this month for run-offs from the Nov. 6 elections. Early voting is under way at registrar’s offices in both parishes.

Terrebonne will vote in a court of appeals judgeship runoff, and consider a proposed parish-wide .5 percent sales tax for the local levee and conservation district.

Lafourche will also cast ballots in the court of appeals race, and in smaller voting districts, pick a Lockport councilman and in Golden Meadow, pick two councilmen.

There is also a Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District 2.11 mill tax, and a North Lafourche Conservation and Drainage District 1 percent sales and use tax.

The usual reminders about studying the ballot items in advance and presenting an official picture ID, apply in both parishes, “early” and election day on Dec. 8.

Book sale: Just in time for Christmas, a bibliophile’s dream, choice books in hardly used condition, for a fraction of their original cost. The Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library’s annual book sale is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library, 151 Library St., Houma.

The donated, like-new tomes will sell for $1.50 per inch of thickness, and $10 will buy a stack more that six inches thick. For information, call Rachel LeCompte at 876-5861.

Vocal concert: The Les Amis de la Chanson’s silver anniversary concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, 500 Goode St., Houma. Admission is free.

<p>My quick, post-Thanksgiving trip Friday to Natchitoches Parish revealed that parts of Louisiana do enjoy some fall color displays. In sections where pine tree plantations have not eradicated the hardwoods, sweet gum, maple, elm, sassafras and hickories produce sometimes brilliant splashes of yellow, orange and red.</p><p>It did not match the classic fall colors of northeastern states, but it was fall color all the same. And, by the calendar, fall lasts until almost Christmas.</p><p>Working trip: This was no sightseeing nor feasting trip. My assistance was needed in trimming the re-roofing project I helped with back in the spring and summer. We had covered the old shingle roof farmhouse with more durable tin, but left the edges visibly unfinished.</p><p>I arrived too late on the rainy Friday to get started, but early Saturday, with a film of ice on the puddles, we began covering raw edges with rot-resistant wood, to be painted later by David, my brother, who currently lives there.</p><p>Home again: Driving back Sunday via Interstate 49 and U.S. 90, the highways were crowded with scores of pickups pulling trailers loaded with three or four muddy “four-wheelers” each, clearly home bound from hunting camps.</p><p>No doubt, many of the big ice chests they also carried contained venison from perhaps their last hunts of the season. One truck had a handsome 10-point rack showing above its tailgate. A couple more had fresh-cut Christmas trees.</p><p>Elections: Voters in Terrebonne and Lafourche turn out this month for run-offs from the Nov. 6 elections. Early voting is under way at registrar's offices in both parishes.</p><p>Terrebonne will vote in a court of appeals judgeship runoff, and consider a proposed parish-wide .5 percent sales tax for the local levee and conservation district.</p><p>Lafourche will also cast ballots in the court of appeals race, and in smaller voting districts, pick a Lockport councilman and in Golden Meadow, pick two councilmen.</p><p>There is also a Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District 2.11 mill tax, and a North Lafourche Conservation and Drainage District 1 percent sales and use tax.</p><p>The usual reminders about studying the ballot items in advance and presenting an official picture ID, apply in both parishes, “early” and election day on Dec. 8.</p><p>Book sale: Just in time for Christmas, a bibliophile's dream, choice books in hardly used condition, for a fraction of their original cost. The Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library's annual book sale is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library, 151 Library St., Houma.</p><p>The donated, like-new tomes will sell for $1.50 per inch of thickness, and $10 will buy a stack more that six inches thick. For information, call Rachel LeCompte at 876-5861.</p><p>Vocal concert: The Les Amis de la Chanson's silver anniversary concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, 500 Goode St., Houma. Admission is free.</p><p>HTCB concert coming: The Houma-Terrebonne Community Band's annual Christmas concert is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15 in the J.C. Penney Court of Southland Mall, 5953 W. Park Ave., Houma.</p><p>It's free and open to the public. Details coming.</p><p>Responding? Contact Bill Ellzey at 381-6256, bill-ellzey@att.net, billellzey312@gmail.com or c/o The Courier, P.O. Box 2717, Houma, LA 70361.</p>